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Clinical immunology & serology : a laboratory perspective / Christine Dorresteyn Stevens, EdD, MT(ASCP), Professor Emeritus of Clinical Laboratory Science, Western Carolina University, Cullowhee, North Carolina, and Linda E. Miller, PhD, I, ḾBCM(ASCP)Si, Professor of Clinical Laboratory Science, SUNY Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, New York.

By: Stevens, Christine Dorresteyn [author.].
Contributor(s): Miller, Linda E [author.].
Publisher: Philadelphia : F. A. Davis Company, [2017]Edition: Fourth edition.Description: xix, 545 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 28 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780803644663.Other title: Clinical immunology and serology.Subject(s): Clinical immunology | Serodiagnosis -- Laboratory manuals | Immunodiagnosis -- Laboratory manuals | Immunity -- physiology | Immune System Diseases -- diagnosis | Immunologic Techniques | Immunologic Tests | Serologic TestsGenre/Form: Print books.
Contents:
Introduction to immunity and the immune system -- Nature of antigens and the major histocompatibility complex -- Innate immunity -- Adaptive immunity -- Antibody structure and function -- Cytokines -- Complement system -- Safety and quality assurance -- Principles of serologic testing -- Precipitation and agglutination reactions -- Labeled immunoassays -- Molecular diagnostic techniques -- Flow cytometry and laboratory automation -- Hypersensitivity -- Autoimmunity -- Transplantation immunology (old 18) -- Tumor immunology (old 19) -- Immunoproliferative diseases (old 16) -- Immunodeficiency diseases (old 17) -- Serological and molecular detection of bacterial infections -- Spirochete diseases -- Serological and molecular diagnosis of parasitic and fungal infections -- Serology and molecular detection of viral infections -- Laboratory diagnosis of hiv infection -- Immunization and vaccines.
Summary: "You'll begin with a basic review of immunology and progress through basic immunological procedures and immune disorders to the serological and molecular diagnosis of infectious disease. Detailed laboratory techniques make this a practical resource you'll turn to every day, now and throughout your career."
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction to immunity and the immune system -- Nature of antigens and the major histocompatibility complex -- Innate immunity -- Adaptive immunity -- Antibody structure and function -- Cytokines -- Complement system -- Safety and quality assurance -- Principles of serologic testing -- Precipitation and agglutination reactions -- Labeled immunoassays -- Molecular diagnostic techniques -- Flow cytometry and laboratory automation -- Hypersensitivity -- Autoimmunity -- Transplantation immunology (old 18) -- Tumor immunology (old 19) -- Immunoproliferative diseases (old 16) -- Immunodeficiency diseases (old 17) -- Serological and molecular detection of bacterial infections -- Spirochete diseases -- Serological and molecular diagnosis of parasitic and fungal infections -- Serology and molecular detection of viral infections -- Laboratory diagnosis of hiv infection -- Immunization and vaccines.

"You'll begin with a basic review of immunology and progress through basic immunological procedures and immune disorders to the serological and molecular diagnosis of infectious disease. Detailed laboratory techniques make this a practical resource you'll turn to every day, now and throughout your career."

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